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W. E. A199955.-

GAHMEIJT PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I9. 1916.

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w.E. ANDRE.

, GARMENT- PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I9, i916. 1931 1,151-,y imma 29,1919.

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e i 1 oil' zee. oi iiie United eieei i mi Chicago, iii the county of 'dook zum el' llixio'is lieve iiiveii'lefl ceiein new end use ful liiipioveiiieiits iii Gein iemv-PressesE of' wliioli ilie following is e Specification.

This invention i'eliies i0 geimeiit pi'eses employing co'ieiziiiig relatively movable pressingmembers oi liiieiis beiweeii which the gni-ment is pressed, A

The object oi' ille inveiiie to pio-,fiele en iiiipi'ovecl garment press oi 'L .kind pio- Videil with ineens im' projecting' oi die- Charging :supply of Sii/eem eci-oss ille space between ilie bucks .vlieii ogen and parallel with the buck fece for iiieisieii ille nient eV, eitei' lie eppliceiioi oi iiieelieiiieeil piessuie, for raising lie' i jeeis olf lie iiii'eiiiioii me io provi/le i zuid eifiicieit, coiistiiieibiei for ellis p17 .n

whivli under lie imiiec 25e eoii el Cif when ille @fessi is open, lo iliseiieige npoii g 'iii-exit ,'vlieiievei (lesive which pieveiis blowing iii ieee oi". 'film operaie? ein( "u: "y wel eve? y; distribute ilie esezii'o eve? lie geliieii; lil out Wese.

i, i Ci fil' f3 in part obvious ene in peil, will :einem moire .iii detail liez'eiiizii'eiz i n taie. mim my?, il

.c i i i emi elevation oi die iippei poitien mi me *nlm Q2.; f i. i. ziiaeliiiie: e153. 2 le e, plee. View'. me 1.19pm buck l o, enfl showing :i moiliiiel ioiiii i ne iiiveiitioii; md 8 is* e lie', 7.

ings, "ine germe-ni,

ront eieveion o the buck Sliowri iii j Referring io the iii-ev.'Y pi-eee pei-ins, is; of ille seme elxo'wii iii 7 imi -'n. i/ pitee, iiA e pressing member er ,L1 hollow eolimin oi' moiiii-efl iiie supportppei Hessing member l level1 being provided with a Counter-Weight for said buck (not shown),

iioll .w body over Which-is stretched prese cloth oi padding 8, so the-t during the pressing opeieiion the garment is pressed. between s: :id press Cloths. The body parlions the buck also suitably heeled, piei'eralily by Steam, andfoi this purper; o :i sim'eble source of steam, the steam supply o lie upper Due-li being tliiougli the pipe S.

,in iis; biomlest Sense the present invention. cmiempleies lie piovisioii oi' se' lilo meeiie ei piojec'iig 01' flisolizigiiig e suppl? e'i elieeiii Wlieii lie pees ir-a open e roes ehe o? one of the im Q either buck the lower mix i, es may desirable, although in che geb supply ie- This sic-im ment prese the. steam erieil te is for the appel. buck.

Supply Genies immediately iioin 'e soui'ce loeeeflet freni, edge of the biieli nml so eiieLiige-i es to liechmgge a cloud or eieam oi' seam in e direction parallel with lie plane of the buck zuid across its face, i'om 'fiom' to ieei, eitliei' withinV or outside of the press 'cloth or paddinc.

In' the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inelusive the steam supply is diseliai'geil withu iii alie press elolh'ei padding" Ae shown lie bleek along iis front edge sind subez'miielljf from end to end proviflefl willi an oiitwziicllj. exending flange 1Qs 'iimay be gioovecl ei cui; Emmy to oim a iiifiimel 1l et, iii-lie lower edge of seid buck. 'eeliecl` i0 lite edge of die buck along the lee-@th of said channel, is a cover or casing 12, which may be a dat met-al strip bentl to angular cross section with one of its flanges attached by screws 13 Vto the outer face or' the iiange.

- press cloth 8, as shown in Fig. 11, is drawn veo up around the outside of the cover or casing 12 and may be fastened to the buck in any ordinary manner, such as by elastic straps 15 whose ends are hooked into the edge of the cloth.

The steam supply for the conduit 11 is delivered thereto by a pipe 16 opening through the flange 10 at any suitable point, for example, at about the middle of the length of the buck. Below said pipe the casing or cover 12 is provided with a dam or cross wall 17, having curved side faces, as shown in Fig, 6, t0 deflect steam in both directions toward the opposite ends of the conduit. The pipe 16 communicates at 18 with the .hollow steam chamber Within the buck, and in said pipe is a suitable form of quick opening vvalve 19 operated by handle 20.

In-operating the machine the garment is .laid upon the lower buck and the upper buck moved down by operation of the 'toggle mechanism in the usual manner. Just before the press cloth of the upper buck en gages the garment the valve 19 is opened to admit steam to the conduit 11, from which it is discharged through the slot 14 along the plane of the upper buck and across its surface from its front to its rear edge, being quickly and evenly distributed over the garment Without Waste. A suiicient quantity be also provided with a shield 30,

of steamgis discharged to supply moisture for the pressing operation. The lever mechanism is then operated further to force the. upper buck into close pressing relation with the lower buckto apply mechanical pressure to the garment, after which it is raised, and further steam is projected across the face of the buck and upon the garment to 'raise its nap.

The casing or cover 12 is attached to and substantially forms a part of the edge of the buck, which at all times is steam heated by thelsupply of steam to its inner chamber. Consequently said Vconduit is also heated, which prevents condensation of the steam in said sonduit. The construction described is also independent of automatic valves and is controlled entirely by the valve 20 manipulated by the operator, so that steam may be directed upon the garment whenever desired and to any required amount.

The supply otgsteam may also be directed across the face the buck outside of the press cloth, such an arrangement being shown in Fig. 7, and being more fully de scribed in .my copending application for garment press, executed and filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 101,435. As illustrated herein the press cloth is folded up around the edge of the buck and attached thereto in any suitable nianner, such as by being caught over the ends of pins 25 upon which it is held by a metal strip or guard 26 detachably secured upon the periphery of the buck. Opposite the edge of the buckand spaced slightly therefrom, is a pipeor con duit 27, whose ends may be suitably attached to the buck, as at 2S Fig. 8. This pipe coinmunicates through a pipe 1Ga with the hol low'chamber of the buck, said pipe being provided with a quick opening valve of the same form shown at 19 Fig. 3. The pipe 27 is also provided with a series of closely spaced small openings or the longitudinally extending slot 29, shown, through which a supply of steam may be projected across the face of the buck. To further direct said steam and prevent its free escape around the edges of the lower buck, the pipe 27 may just below the openings or slot 29, which may be a. metal strip welded or brazed to said pipe.

In' the .constrnction.v justspace between. the pipe and the edge of the buck enables the press cloth to be drawn around the edge iof the buck without disturbing the pipe 27. It also enables any quantity of steam to be directed along the plane described the i stage of the pressing operation, except when the garment'is under mechanical pressure, without blowing said steam into the face` of the operator. The quick distribution ot' steam also prevents waste.

1. In a garment press, a stationary buck, a movable buck supported for movement in the are of a circle, the ironing faces of said bucks being substantially radial with respect to the path of movement of the movable buck, a steaming device along the front edge only of the movable buck and adapted to project a spray of steam across the face of the movable buck and toward the rear edge, and means for supplying steam to said steaming device.

2. In a garment press, a stationary buck, a movable buck supported for movement in the arc oit a circle, the ironing faces of said bucks being substantially radial with respect to the path of movement of the movable buck, a steaming device along the front edge only of the movable buck and adapted to s pro3ec't e spray of steam across the face oi the movable buck and toward the rear edge, means for supplying steam to the movable buck, und suitable eonnegtions for Supplying steam from the movable buck to the steaming device.. l

Y 3. ln :L garment press, u stationary buck7 a. movable' buck cooperating therewith Aundl provided with e channel along .its edge and on the underside thereof, a cover inelosing said Channel und forming a--conduit therewith, the edge of seid cover being spaced from the edge of said movable buck to form a. narrow slot opening toward the center of the buck, and esteem supply pipevcommunieating with. said conduit.

4. ln a garment press, :L stationary buck,

a movable buck copernting therewith und provided with a channel along its edge and on the underside thereof, a cover inelosing; said channel und forming u conduit therewith, the edge ofsaid cover being spaced from the edge of said movable buck te i'erm u narrow slot opening toward the Cei" of the buel, a steaun supply pipe coiimumieeting with Said conduit, Seid movable bu having an inner chamber el: miunicfc'f with the stemnsupply, and n i. Je con ling the flow of steam from sind Ghandi said conduit. 3f;-

n testimony wherezrlE ulix my in presence of two witness-cf 1Witnesses v S. JENSEN,

VM. KRUSE. 

